How do i make it?

[KatieRabbit]

You can buy the mix in a box at the supermarket or make your own:

2 tbs vegetable oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
400g canned chickpeas, rinsed, drained
1 tsp each ground cumin and coriander
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup (75g) plain flour

Method
Heat 1 tbs oil in a pan over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until beginning to soften. Place in a processor and whiz to a smooth paste with chickpeas, spices, coriander, egg yolk, salt and pepper.
Use floured hands to make twelve 5cm-diameter patties, then dust in flour on a plate. Chill for 30 minutes.
Heat remaining 1 tbs oil in a non-stick frypan over medium-high heat. Fry felafel for 1-2 minutes each side until golden. Cool.

These are the yummy ones off the taste website!

[suse]

The best falafel recipe I've ever used is out of the Stephanie Alexander 'big' cookbook (can't remember what it's actually called, I just call it the big orange bible).

I'll see if I can dig it out once E is asleep tonight. The trick is, use dried chickpeas, not canned, and lots of herbs. Dried chickpeas, soaked but not cooked until soft, then pulverised to a kind of 'gritty' texture rather than fully pureed, results in very very light falafel. I find that using tinned chickpeas results in a very dense falafel.

[KatieRabbit]

Thanks for the tip Suse! I have that cookbook- the Cook's Companion, I think! I may give those ones a go.